Buddym
05-08-2010, 02:32 AM
Hi all,
for those that have requested, Igor Plugs will ship out on Tuesday. Anyone that wants one to play with send me a PM with shipping address. The price to cover my costs is $20 plus $5 shipping. Documentation is almost ready,
and the demo code is as well. Professional-quality programming will start as soon as boards get in hands.
The demo code will be configured to indicate inner/middle/outer marker beacon lights I think.
I have 12 boards built and tested, waiting on microcontroller chips for the rest of them. When these are all spoken for I will order PCBs for a second batch. I wanted to get input before that happens. The Igor Plug version 1 IP-8
is meant to directly drive an LED load of no more than 40 mA per output pin, so really a single LED per pin.
For higher current loads a driver transistor should be used, so that you could drive a few LEDs per output,
as an example. For about $5 more per board I can build these drivers onto the board. I'd like to get the
forum's input on that before having more boards made. I power source will be needed as well, so I would
be adding 8 transistors, 8 more resistors, a voltage regulator, and a power jack of some sort. I can do
this no problem, but wont if there is no interest.
Buddy
BTW, don't get too worried about burned-out chips, they are in sockets and are about $3 each plus shipping.
for those that have requested, Igor Plugs will ship out on Tuesday. Anyone that wants one to play with send me a PM with shipping address. The price to cover my costs is $20 plus $5 shipping. Documentation is almost ready,
and the demo code is as well. Professional-quality programming will start as soon as boards get in hands.
The demo code will be configured to indicate inner/middle/outer marker beacon lights I think.
I have 12 boards built and tested, waiting on microcontroller chips for the rest of them. When these are all spoken for I will order PCBs for a second batch. I wanted to get input before that happens. The Igor Plug version 1 IP-8
is meant to directly drive an LED load of no more than 40 mA per output pin, so really a single LED per pin.
For higher current loads a driver transistor should be used, so that you could drive a few LEDs per output,
as an example. For about $5 more per board I can build these drivers onto the board. I'd like to get the
forum's input on that before having more boards made. I power source will be needed as well, so I would
be adding 8 transistors, 8 more resistors, a voltage regulator, and a power jack of some sort. I can do
this no problem, but wont if there is no interest.
Buddy
BTW, don't get too worried about burned-out chips, they are in sockets and are about $3 each plus shipping.